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Our environmental impact

How we envision 2030.
ESG REPORT - 2023
ESG REPORT - 2024

Envisioning a net-zero company.

We work day in, day out to build a greener future. Every challenge is easier if you have a well-structured plan to meet it. Our plan has a name: 'net zero e-miXion 2030'.


Net zero e-miXion 2030.

Our goal is set: to reach net-zero emissions by 2030.
*This target refers to emissions associated with Scope 1 and Scope 2.

10 MW goal

scope 2

We set our goal of producing about 10 MW

per year of electricity from photovoltaics.

Green mobility

scope 1

We are going full electric, replacing our

company fleet and installing charging points.

Green energy

scope 2

We purchase 100% renewable energy when

self-generation does not cover our needs.

Smart buildings

scope 1-2

We work to reduce the environmental impact

of our production processes and factories.

ENERGY STAR®

scope 3

We are the professional oven brand with the

most ENERGY STAR®-certified products.

Recyclable packaging

scope 3

We package our products with recycled and

recyclable materials like wood and cardboard.

Green materials

scope 3

We use recycled raw materials and maximize

the recyclability of our products.

Green behaviors

scope 1-2-3

We encourage our employees and customers

to implement sustainable behaviors.

Scope 1
We want to minimize direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our business assets.
Green mobility
Moving toward greener mobility.
By 2030 we want to minimize the impact our travel has on the planet. To this end, new charging points will be installed throughout the country and, compatible with available technology, all our company fleet will be replaced by 100% electric vehicles. If it's not possible to convert the entire fleet, residual emissions will be compensated with dedicated programs.
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Zero-gas goal
Shifting toward low-impact buildings.
With the goal of minimizing the environmental impact of our production processes and the buildings where we work, we will replace all gas heating technologies with heat pumps by 2030. We're also committed to investing in reducing our consumption by choosing increasingly efficient lighting, air conditioning and insulation systems, as well as raising awareness among our people to use energy responsibly.
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Scope 2
We want to minimize indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from purchased power generation, steam, heat and cooling.
100% renewable-energy consumption
Sustainable growth.
A fast-growing company needs a lot of energy. That's why we've decided to invest in photovoltaic panel installation and have selected certified suppliers to ensure that from 2024 onward, all energy used for our production processes will come entirely from renewable sources or will be self-produced by us in a sustainable way.
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Photovoltaic panels
The energy we need, sustainably produced.
Production facilities
4.4 MW PV production capacity.
Our HQ roof is already covered with photovoltaic panels, but we want to do more.
Component production & logistics hubs
1 MW PV production capacity.
Every building in our Group contributes to our green strategy.
Energy plants
2 MW PV production capacity.
We gave brownfield land new life. Now we have 2 energy plants helping us generate clean energy in Rovigo, Italy.
Production plant in USA
0.65 MW PV production capacity.
When we think about a new project, we want sustainability to be involved. That's why our new production plant in Charlotte, NC is covered in photovoltaic panels.
Experience Centers
Additional production capacity.
The number of our Experience Centers around the world is increasing quickly. So is the power they can generate thanks to their photovoltaic panels.
Our estimated energy consumption.

We estimated our expected energy consumption based on our business plan data.



Our planned PV electricity generation.

Based on the results, we planned our investments in PV panels to produce as much green energy as possible within our business results.


Our planned energy sourcing.
The remaining energy demand will be fulfilled by purchasing green energy from the grid. In fact, since 2024 we've switched all our energy contracts to 100% certified renewable energy.
Watchword: vertical integration
From single components to ready-to-ship ovens. All within 2.5 miles.
As one of our corporate choices, we've always preferred to keep and integrate the manufacturing chain in-house by handling the production of all components and the subsequent assembly of the ovens, all within an area that doesn't exceed 2.5 miles. Thus, by minimizing incoming logistics and working with self-produced sustainable energy, we'll be able to reduce our impact in terms of emissions by 2030.
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Scope 3
We work to reduce all indirect emissions that occur in our supply chain, cutting down both upstream and downstream emissions as much as possible.
Life-cycle Analysis (LCA)
We are committed to minimizing the impact of our products.
The results of our effort to produce in-house ovens and components and reduce our carbon footprint are evident when looking at our CHEFTOP MIND.Maps™ PLUS Life-cycle Analysis (LCA). Only 1.05% of our products' carbon footprint is produced in the stages from raw materials to product distribution. More than 98.95% of the emissions are generated during use phase, so while we continue working on the decarbonization of our own operations, we need to help our customers achieve a net-zero kitchen.
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Envisioning a net-zero kitchen.

Approximately 73% of gas consumption comes from cooking and more than half of the electricity used in restaurants and workshops comes from cooking and refrigeration, essential components that you cannot do without, but which you can manage efficiently with intelligent appliances.

Use phase
How to achieve a net-zero kitchen?

1. Cook

with the oven.

You might think that using pots, pans, steamers, and grills means using less energy, but that's not the case. Cooking with an oven reduces heat loss, which means less energy gets wasted during cooking.


2. Choose an ENERGY STAR® oven.

An Unox ENERGY STAR® oven helps you save up to 38.6% more energy in your kitchen compared to a non-ENERGY STAR® oven.



3. Electric grids are getting greener!
Gas ovens emit CO2. Electric ovens indirectly produce CO2 depending on the country's energy grid. However, energy from renewable sources is expected to exceed that from fossil fuels by 2030 (World Energy Outlook 2022).

4. Go

electric.

The carbon footprint of gas ovens remains the same year after year, but for electric ovens, it will improve every year as electricity generation becomes 'greener' over time with the addition of cleaner energy sources to the grid.
More than 30 ENERGY STAR®-certified ovens
Why are Unox ovens so efficient?
Thermal insulation.
Using the best insulation materials makes it possible to minimize heat loss from the cooking chamber to the outside. The best cooking performance in every situation.
Motor efficiency.
The motors in our ENERGY STAR® commercial ovens are designed to heat up as little as possible during each cooking process to cut down on energy waste.
Oven intelligence.
Lower water and electricity consumption with every cooking process with an intuitive digital interface and smart technology. Cook efficiently and minimize your environmental impact.
Oven design.
Each commercial oven is designed and engineered so that each individual component is functional to minimize energy waste, heat loss, and CO2 emissions.
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Envisioning a zero-waste kitchen.

According to "Feeding America", 40% of food waste comes from restaurants, workshops, grocery shops and food companies. Minimizing these types of waste often seems a difficult task: but what if it were possible to reduce this waste to zero?

Zero-waste kitchen
How can we envision a zero-waste kitchen?
Service time is the most stressful moment in a kitchen, often leading chefs to prepare extra food to avoid running out and getting overwhelmed. According to a LeanPath study, 51% of foodservice waste is due to overproduction. How can we achieve a zero-waste kitchen? By urging customers to embrace Hyperaccelerated Foodservice, meeting high-quality, quick-service expectations.
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Hyperaccelerated kitchen efficiency with SPEED-X™ and EVEREO®.


Dishes with under 30-minute cooking times can be served instantly, while longer-cooking courses can be prepared in advance and safely stored at the correct serving temperature for up to 3 days using the EVEREO® system. This combo allows our customers to revolutionize kitchen processes, hyper-accelerating service, and reducing food waste and kitchen stress.

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Envisioning Unox's future.

Innovation: a purpose, a mindset, a path we dare to take every single day. Manufacturing know-how takes time and space. We want it to be green.

Envisioning Unox's future
Unox City.

Our commitment to the future is clear. We're investing €46 million to build Unox City: a new manufacturing and logistics hub in Padua that will serve as an industrial and community center, putting well-being and sustainability first.

Our investments include:

• A €24 million Innovation Hub for offices, R&D, and more.

• A €4 million lunch lounge for our team.

• A €9 million expansion of our production hub.

Unox's future is about growth, sustainability, and community integration.

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Envisioning Unox's future
Innovation HUB.

Unox Innovation Hub will be an eco-conscious high-tech area of about 20,000 sqm, scheduled to open in late 2023.

Our test center will be upgraded with 20 highly-specialized workstations and labs including the food digitization lab: a research center where we'll perfect cooking processes through digitized food data analysis to develop technologies that precisely control all food processing and preservation processes, reducing food waste from cooking tests.

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